Wisdom Class

Welcome To Summer Term, Year 6!

English

This Summer Term, we will be reading and analysing ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver. We will continue to develop our reading comprehension skills in guided reading lessons and our spelling and grammar skills for our Year SATs. After SATs, we will read Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo Napoli.

Maths

This term we are going to be revising all areas of learning in preparation for the KS2 SATs. After SATs we will continue to consolidate our Maths knowledge and apply these skills to real life problems. Remember it is really important that your child can confidently recall multiplication and division facts.

RE (Religious Education)

This term we will be learning about Buddhism and then God’s rules for living.

Geography

This summer term we will look in depth at mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes and find out where they are found in the world and their impact on people in those areas. In addition to this, we will look at the water cycles, rivers and coasts.

Science

In Science we will be looking at ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’. We will describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals.

PE (Physical Education)

In P.E lessons we will be playing volleyball and preparing for Sports Day with lessons around athletics.

Computing

In computing lessons, we will be using online applications to learn about communication and creativity and we will create our own webpages on our geography unit. In Summer 2 we will then do a computer science unit all about programming.

PSHE

In PSHE we will be learning about making decisions and coping with changes. We will find out about healthy relationships, gender stereotypes and changes that occur during puberty. In addition to this, we will complete our RSE unit of learning.

Music

This summer term Onyx Class will be preparing for their Year 6 Show! We will be singing, dancing and acting!

Art and DT

In Art and DT we will be making paper mache mountain ranges and cooking fair trade cakes for our Summer Fair.

Spanish

This Summer Term, we will be learning how to tell the time in Spanish, school subjects and presenting an account, in Spanish, about what they have done on the weekend.